ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So its been two months since I picked up my new car – the 1.5 liter MG HS trophy – and since then, I’ve received countless messages asking me about my experience with the car, the brand, and of course the dealership. So I thought I’d come up with a mid-term...
Gift idea: the most advanced chair for dad this Father’s Day In time for June 19, show dad the sincere appreciation for all his hard work by giving him his piece of oasis at home in the form of Ogawa’s Master Drive AI Oyster Gray or Master Drive AI Genuine Leather, with the latter constructed...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So I bought a new car last week. This is my first new car in five years, and it replaces a 2017 Nissan Urvan that I fondly called Max. After posting the delivery experience on FB live, my inbox blew up with folks asking “Why did I choose an MG over all these other...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So that’s it then. Another milestone in Philippine democracy is in the history books. By the time you read this, or sometime in the next few days, we should already know who will be succeeding the Duterte administration. As of this writing—which is happening on the...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So we have two weeks or so left before we elect a new administration. No doubt you’ve seen the hysteria on the streets — and of course on social media — with each camp pumping one fist in the air claiming to be the saviors of our nation, while the other hand...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin So a leaked infographic from the MMDA proposing a radical new coding scheme has been making the rounds on social media and other messaging groups this last week, with some versions claiming the draconian measures will be implemented on May 16. MMDA denies this, of...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin For two whole years, all we’ve heard about was what to wear on our faces, what to think, where we could and couldn’t go, and how scared we should be at any given moment. Now that Putin miraculously cured Covid by giving the mainstream media and governments around...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin As we slowly crawl out of our caves and begin to feel the first rays of normalcy in two years, many are now waking up to the sobering reality here, which is: the damage created by the pandemic response may turn out to be an even bigger killer than the actual pandemic....
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Well that was sudden. After two years of draconian lockdowns and mandates, it took less than 24 hours for the global narrative to fall apart and even less time for every internet epidemiologist to become an expert in foreign policy and war. RIP COVID; long live...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Three words that recently broke the internet. So much so, that even Google, the self proclaimed arbiters of truth and default online moral compass of the World Wide Web, couldn’t censor it fast enough. It all started after Dr. Robert Malone, one of the inventors of...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin 2021 started out quite hopeful for me. Despite nine months of hard lockdown and massive financial losses, restrictions had eased a little, businesses and tourist spots were slowly opening their doors to a weary and beaten public looking to welcome in a new year, and...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Yes there are private islands and private beach resorts –– Jeffrey Epsiten and his cohorts famously showed the world that –– but the question that keeps coming up, especially as we start to travel again and people head out to get some much-needed Vitamin Sea,...
